README

This folder contains the following files to run the main results from the article:

- a README file (this file)
- SDKM_data.dta ... the Stata data file containing dataset
- SDKM_data.csv ... a CSV file for the main dataset corresponding to the dta file
- Wr_Sample1.stswm ... a stata-format Spatial Weights File (row standardized)
- LOGanalysis.smcl ... Stata log file showing commands and outputs for Tables I and II
- Analysis.do ... a Stata command do file containing code to run the analysis. The file also contains output as comments for the indirect, direct and total effects results.



The analysis uses the following main variables, which are described in the article:

inci_com ... a dummy variable taking 1 for grid cells with at least one communal conflict incidence

li_droughtyr_speibase ... Percentage of the year experiencing drought, lagged by one year.

lexcluded_dum ... a dummy variable taking 1 for grid cells with at least one excluded political group. Lagged by one year. 

li_pop_hyd_dens ... log of grid cell population density, lagged by one year. 

li_gcp_ppp ... log of gross cell product, lagged by one year. 

lcivil_act_inci ... a dummy variable taking 1 for any state-based violence event, lagged by one year

Winci_d ... a simple dummy variable taking 1 if there was a communal conflict event in a neighboring cell.

gid ... The PRIO-GRID identifier

year ... Observation year

